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Urgent: U.S. stocks plummet on currency turmoil, Greece concerns

Xinhua, March 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks suffered big losses on Tuesday, pressured by the surging U.S. dollar and persisting concerns about debt talks with Greece.

The Dow plunged nearly 1.9 percent, while both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq slumped 1.7 percent. Endite